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Was back down at the folks place for a little while. Got to visit the folks and see my cat. (Is it so wrong to drive 280 miles to celebrate your cat's birthday?) He's 1 year old!
Things were ok, Interesting at times, odd at others, and a lot of things remind me why I left. But overall bearable. Saw some more films I had been meaning to see. The previous week was my catch up on movies week before studying like mad for final. Some were new releases others were a few years old.

Movies
First up was A Scanner Darkly. I liked the style but man was that movie creepy. Good but creepy. Or maybe it was just creepy because I watched alone, in the dark at 2 in the morning. Second was Repo! The Genetic Opera. I have been dying to see this and finally snagged a copy of it on DVD. Of course I loved it. My parents on the other hand hated it, or maybe it was me saying "come on how is this any different then Tommy." But come on how can you not love a movie that has both a singing Giles and Paris Hilton with a disfigured face. Third was The Spirit. Not bad, kind of absurd at points but I think that was the point. Maybe not as deep as Sin City but still good. The forth notable movie I've seen was Beer Wars Live which was an odd combination movie and live simulcast about the craft beer industry. Which was also quite interesting and while a little off on some points did raise some good points. Of course of those four Repo! is still my favourite.

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News Continued
So I entered a mountain biking race while I was down in the States. Yeah I got royally spanked but I expected that for a spur of the moment entered two days before race. Still it was fun to to be able to get out and ride, even if it was cold and rainy. I actually did ok considering that my front brake broke right before the start of the race so I had to manage all of the down hills with just the rear brake. I finally dragged my parents to a race, despite the bitching and moaning. They did video some of it (and sadly edited it)



Nostalgia
For some reason I'm having this nostalgia/looking back kind of night. The exact period has been about early 2007. I just happen to run across this in my old SG blogs, "I want a nice, cozy apartment in some metropolitan city, like Toronto. Something I could share with a really artistic, kind, smart girlfriend." Funny that I actually made the first part of that dream come true, the second part I'm still working on but hey it gives me hope.

Gosh I'm even remebering Shooting War and how it almost seemed like part of that could come true (McCain could be president and Iraq could be a never ending war)

School
I have a slightly better feeling about school. Still not a great feeling but did the math on my chem grades and I guess I'm technically passing but the total outcome is still dependent on my finals. In the overall I still have that whole drifting feeling. I went to the registrar to see if they could give me some direction but really they were a lot of talk but very little actual advice or new information. Which is sad since I had hoped that he would have said something that wasn't just paraphrasing the course info web site.